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. IMAGINARY EVILS. I/Uthor throw his inkRtund at tlio devil great black blotcli on the wall; ?H ?f ,,H afflicted with imagina. ^ fv; d?tnol^?flnd in fighting with them do ;v we not leave a black blotch somwhere?? 'Thero is a ridiculous story told of u girl who was found'out by the well, one summer's day, weeping bitterly. When aaked what \vn? the matter, sho sobbed?" O, I was thinking if T was married, and had a dear litile boy like Tommy, and then if I lighted a fire in the oven one day, and then if I went away, and left Tommy all alone, i :e ?r -i - ? ? - .him nu n ii 1 umiiiy sflOUlU creep llllO tllO i il-Iiot even,-and, anil Tommy should be burned to death?oh?oh"?and with a cry of great grief, tho poor girl tortured herself with this imaginary evil. What strange form, this demon takes, sometimes! Olio very respectable lady spent her spare lime in sighing for fear she should be troubled with the rheumatism when she got old. Another was tortured with the fear of consumption, and read all the treatises, editorial tracts and tomes relating to thai interesting subject, besides visiting every consumptive patient within forty miles, to become more minutely acquainted with the symptoms, and after all her siglis and groans and fretfulness and tears, died quietly in her bed of old age. Had tho days of her murmuring been spent in giving consolation to tho poor, the sick the suffering, what a different tale might her life have told. Another was afllicled with the demon of poverty. lie was a rich man, and upon his brow gray hairs were growing, but rich, beloved by his own family as lie was, the demon told him constantly, in haunting whispers, that he would be poor, v<>ry poor, that he would end his life in an institution of charity, and there ho would ait in his costly arm-chair, with bowed down head, musing on his forth coming destitution.? In vain his children were praised, in vain his fine possessions lauded; it was all very well, now, he would say, but wait, wait?a few years would tell a different story. And 60 strong did this mania, with which he should have done manful battle in the be_ ^ginning?become, that it was melancholy to visit him?to see him wandering with long visage over his beautiful grounds, his eyes, fiixed upon the ground; to hear liis sighs, to listen to his mournful predictions. Of what good was that mau's life to hi in ? Another is perpetually haunted with the thought that his neighbor, perhaps the man with whom he has grown up from childhood, will outstrip him in a show of wealth . and better living. It is like a constant nicrhtmare. this thought, it mlia liim nf l.i= o ? "O J "" """ ",a sleep; it leads hitu to subtifuge?be invents lies; be grows dishonest in a business way ; be enjoys not one moment of bis existence in the continual strife for competition with bis more successful neighbor.? Toor man! see, tbo color fades out of bis cbeek; long, deep wrinkles take tbeir seat upon bis brow, bis eyes turn yellow, bis skin grows sallow ; gray bairs come rapidly ?disease saps at bis vitals; be kills himself in order to live; be commits suicide tbat be may outstrip bis neighbor; be has not lived the pure life meet for heaven : if progression is eternal^ to what deeper deeds of misery must be be constantly descending ! Is it so ? are we all giving heed to some imaginary ghost? There is not much in the world, to be sure, tbat encourages the blessed attribute of trust, but surely tbat man may trust God. "NVe talk of providences, but do not believe in them; we plant the seed, and trouble ourselves for fear it may never come up. And when its tardy Lead, all jewelled with dew, and smiling in tlio sunshine of tlic great Creator's loyc, lifts itself from tlio ground, then we begin to wonder if it will bear blossoms.? And if the blossoms come rich and red, '"** ? more beautiful than the painter?s hand can color, then we doubt if tho fruit will evei appear. And when the fruit, with its delectable juices hidden by the crimson rind, < is'fully formed from the bud, even theh we grumble if it has not the peculiar tlavoi which we expected. And thus wo go on, day after day, night after night, weeping and mourning and doubting and protesting, w|^d God has given us so many things to be thankful for. We love to Bunimon out familiar demon, to gaze upon his hateful and predict our sorrow, that ourooltfoa it 11 ret A Infn ? Tr ?v.tw UMIUV IIHV (IUMVO UOlli^. .ilOTV strange it is! What makes man such a doubter ! Thefo once lived in an old brown cottage, so small th#t. it looked like a chicken coop a solitary woman. She was some thirty years of age, tended hor little garden ksltr and spun for a living. She wa< "known every where, from village to village by the cognomen of " Happy Nancy."? She had no money, no family, no relatives: sfie was half blind, quite lame pnd verj crooked. JTliere was no comeliness jn tier, and yet'there,.in that homely,^deformed body, the great God who loves to'bring strength out of weakness, had set his .royal ML ; '* . . ?"Well, Nancy,- pinging again,1! wonld the chance visitor ?ay, as he lounged at hei door. A" *? _ ^ .j. " La! yes, Tin-forever at it. "I don't know what people will think;"*be would.-gjjly wffti her suiny smile. " Why, %fay'll think ;as they always ii._i ? ?? i ? vuw> yuw mo n?*ppy?" La f well thai'* a fact, I'm just as hap* fY9*to?i?* !<%.? MI wish you'd tell me yoyr seeiet, Nancy ?you are ali a loue, you work^iiard, you hare uoflnog very pleasant surroundiitg you, what ia the reaaori you're so happy iM _ * * ? - . .-L. ' " Perfeapa W* bed#** ba^at got any\body but God ;M replied thegbodcteature, \okiug up. M Yoosee, rich fetes, Hkeyo% depend upon their families and their houses ; they've got to keep thinking of their business, of their wives and children, and then they're always mighty afraid of trouble ahead. I ain't got anything to trouble-TOy* self about, you see, 'cause I leave it all to the Lord. I think, well, if he can keep this great world in such good order, thp sun rolling day afler day, and the stars a shining night after night, make my garden things conic up just the same, season after season, lie can sartinly take care of such a poor, simple thing as I ain ; and so, you see, I leave it all to the Lord, and the Lord takes care of inc." "Well, but. Nancy, suppose a frost should ? _1? 11 wiiiu unci juui ii mi nccct uro nil m oiossotn, and .your litllo plants out; suppose 1> " Hut I don't suppose ; I never can suppose ; I don't want to suppose, except that the Lord will do everything right. That's what makes you people unhappy ; you're all the time supposing. Now why can't you wait till the suppose comes, as I do, and tlicn make the hest of it." "Ah! Nancy, it's pretty certain you'll get to heaven while many of us with all our worldly wisdom will have to stay out." "There you are at it again," said Nancy, shaking her head, "always looking out for some black cloud. Why if I was you, I'd keep tho devil at arm's length, instead of taking him right into my heart?he'll do you a desprit sight of mischief." She was right; wo do take the demon a. ? i * i * vji taiu, 01 ui&uusi, 01 meiaucuoiy loreoocling, of ingratitude right into our hearts, and pet and cherish the ugly monsters till we assimilate to their likeness. "We canker every pleasure with this gloomy fear of coining ill ; wo seldom trust that blessings will enter, or hail them when they come. Instead of that we smother them under the blanket of apprehension and choke them with our misanthropy. It would be well for us to imitate happy Nancy, and "never suppose." If you see a cloud, don't suppose it's going to rain; if you see a frown, uon't suppose a scolding will follow?do whatever jv?ur hand finds to do, and there leave it. Be more childliko towards the great Father who created us: learn to confide in his wisdom, and dis^? . ?i ?-i -i -<? ? ti uoi j uui UWU , tuiu iiUU (iUUVU ail, "Willi till the 'suppose' comes, and then mak? tho best of it." Depend upon it, earth would seem an Eden if you would foiiow happy Naucy's rule, and never give place in your bosom to imaginary evils. M. A. D. Olive Branch.] ROMANTIC INCIDENT. Some sixteen years since, a young gentleman in New York city contrived awhile to pay his addresses to a beautiful girl there, the daughter of an obstinate Pearl street lu^avuiiiivf Uliv u<? IU LUV3 JUUIIg man visiting his daughter. Ho persisted in his endeavors to win the young lady, and at last he was forbidden to enter the old man's house. Still th'? lovers contrived to meet occasionally afterwards ; and at the expiration o( some six mouths, matters having been previously so arranged, the girl consented to marry the youth. Ho did not seek the fortune, for he was in employment, at a handsome salary, as principal book-keeper in an extensive jobbing'bouse, and his pecuniary prospects were very fair. But the parents were obdurate, and he was driven from the house. At the end of a twelvemonth they rtftreed to be married, and all the requisite arrangements were made; the ovening was fixed upon, and even the chaplain had been secretly engaged *, but on the day proposed for the nuptials, the whole plan was 1 discovered, and the match broken off per emptorily by the absolute authority of the i parents. Time passed on; the daugthter was senl to a distant part of the county for awhile the young man was disappointed and dis ' heartened, ar.d left New York for the West 1 where he remained for two years. Mean time a person to suit the tastes of the pa ' rents turned up?a man of considerable means, but old enough to be the young ' girl's father; and a match was arranged after a long persuasion, between Emma and ^ this man, and she wedded him at last. Three years subsequently the young mar found himself in New England, where In settled and took a wife also, and some dozen 1 years passed away, with their thousand and one changes of place, of circumstances ? and of fortune. From the time of theii separation the original lovers had nerei met. TllA t7Aimr# wnn knAAmA *1? ...? uiuu umiiuv uiu miner o ' three little ones; and then lost two o: ' these, which bereavement was soon aftei followed by the death of his wife. Time ' flew by; he had been fortunate in his busineass, and reaided a few miles oat of BosJ ton, Ipr* cottage aurroubded by the com. forta of life, and' in. the enjo#be?t of the | aoeiety of his dear little daughter. Om day he waa returning home in tb( afternoon, and upon entering (lie cars found ' them to be fuU. He sought a seat, and found one oceapied by a lady about thirty year* of agpv beeide whom- he eat down And. the cnn soon moved oat of the depot Am they entered ijto.<ifct%ht, fee*uddenlj ?ih*m Emuiftt I? thUyoa Fr . He didn't know wjwt he u&L but it #? ? ?*M hd(1 whom he h the north upon a ?Wt; thai the bud been manriftd nearly eleven yean, had but one . . .?JLU- J. l . 1 cliilil living, nnd lior husband had bocn dond over t\to yonf?. Jlo pointed out his pretty cottapjo as the 4 cars passed on?but did not lenve tlio train. * Ho procood forward, reuowod his acquain- ' lance, found the lady her own mistress, pro- e posed to her again?and wo record the fact ' with no ordinary degree of pleasure, that 1 within Ihreo weeks the lovers wero actually ' united in marriage in the city of Boston. ' From Elliot's AV/p Emjland. I WASHINGTON AT CAMBRIDGE. Cieneral Washington sot out from Phila- . ? i dclphia with Gen. Lee nnd a fow at tenants . take command of an undisciplined army, n.wl In c?? ? ?lmt ?lin lilluvtioo A n./.i'l.m receive no detriment." Expectation waited for him along his way, and hopo followed with longing eyes. The Assembly of New York congratulated him ; Governor Trumbull, of Connecticut, gave warm welcome and encouragement; a delegation from the Massachusetts Provisional Congress met him at Springfield, nnd the Congress was cordial in its address. lie arrived at Cambridge, and took .command of the army on the 2d of July. Washington was then forty-three years old. Born and raised in Virginia, where ho had been a surveyor and land agent, and accustomed to a frontier life, he was not new to arms, for he had led various expeditions against the Indians, and had saved the remains of Braddocks command. He was master of an ample fortune (inherited from a relative) and a largo estate on the banks of the Potomac, at Mount Vernon ; was well married, but childless. No man in America was externally better able to fill the difficult and dangerous position to which he had been elected. Now was ho fitted for it by nature and education? Ilis body was vigorous, accustomed to hardship, and his person was commanding, and ho was trained to act with inen and soldiers. With no brilliancy of mind, with trained impulses, instincts small, and sympathies latent, as the master of an estate in Virginia he would iiavc excited no enthusi..shT when living, and would have died universally respected. He was not the man to seize the moment and by an inspiration, with a single blow, accomplish the work of years. But, in the midst of doubtful and discordant elements, surrounded by strong, impetuous, or willful, or disponding men, beset by conflicting opinions, liis calm, sound mind led bim to conclusions wbicb, if slow, were sure. Ho was not a man of inspirations, but of judgments. As an executivo man, through a difficult and trying crisis, ho had no superior, and perhaps no equal, in America. But his moral jwwer was singularly great, and deserves a monument such as these United States ought to become. He was free from self-seeking, from vanity, and iealousv. Jind ilisnirprl nil wlin nama vvilliin his influence with respect for his lofty diameter. This sound judgment and calin moral confidence, united with his steady executive talent, made him the man for the hour. Ho went forward with his purpose, and no danger or difficulty could discourage confidence. i When his work was done he was ready i to return to the peoplo the sword they had i put into his hands, and to become one with them in carrying forward to a grand future . the principles of liberty and of self-gorcrns ment. lie practiced what others have i preached, and proved that a victorious commander need not always be a usurper and I tyrant, and that a general and statesman . can be just as well as great. I Sabine estimates that as many as . twenty thousand Tories took up arms I I against the Rebels durintr the w.ir? aiwl I , ? o " ' " j among their leaders were the able General Timothy Ruggles, of Massachusetts, Wilj liam Stark, of New Hampshire, Sir John Johnson, Beverly Robinson, and Oliver De t Lancy, of New York. After the war some of the Legislatures ' continued their hostility to the banished Tories, and lefused them their rights or ' property ; many wore then forced to settle and cultivate N?w Brunswick and Nora Scotia; and by them Upper Canada was peopled. > A general amnesty would have been not ' only graceful, but politic. ' A board of commissioners was appointed by Parliament, in 1783, to inquire into the 1 circumstances, etc., of the Loyalists or To5 ries. It sat till 1779; but before 1784 [ two thousand and sixty-three claimants ap peared and tlieir claims amounted to over ' ?7,000,000 sterling. The commis8ion>had awarded ?201^150 r for ?534,*705 exclaimed. In the end some ?40,000,000 were ^ claimed, and some fifteen and a half ratflions of dollars were paid by England to r the Loyalists of America. Pecuniarily, ' therefore, they fared Better than the Whigs, whose losses and sacrifices were as great* but who got money payment for them; > Difficulty excises the mind t&tfco digpjs ty which sustains and finally conquer* aft#?;'; > fortune, and the ordeal refiriSs when it chai1 tons. I The universe is a book, and we Jbaye r onlv read lliAflnlnanalf ara iiBM ?ia? Kmb * r-Tjy ? c "J* , out of our owt? oountry, Advioe i? like know; the softer it falls, ' And the longer it dwells upon, the deeper I it sinfct. into the mind. | ^ ^ld ^ ^ DEATH Of OICEBO. Marcus Cicero Laving got safe to Anturn, imbarked, and with n fair wind arriwd at Dircii. When tlio vessel was ngnin about ,o sail, his miud wavered, ho flattered liiin- i lelf that matters might yet take a more favorable turn; he landed, and travelled ibout twelve miles on bin way to Rome : but bis resolution again failed him, and be 1 anco moro returned towards the son. i Being arrived on the const, he still hesitated, remained on shore, and passed tho night in agonies of sorrow, which were | interrupted only by momentary starts of indignation and rage. Under these emotions, ho sometimes solaced himself with a proBpect of returning to Rome in disguise, of killing himself in the presanco of Octaviua, and of staining the person of that young traitor with the blood of a man, whom he had so ungratefully and so vilely belrayed. Even this appeared to his frantic imagination some degreo of revenge;but the fear of being discovered before he could execute his purpose, the prospect of the tortures and indignities he was likely to suffer, deterred him from this design; and being unable to tike any resolution whatever, he committed himself to his at -:~,1 I 1 1 IVHUtUIVO, ??iW UdlllCU UU UUUIU Ul 11 YTOSUly anil steered for Capua. Near to this place, having another villa on the shore, ho was again landed, and being fatigued with tho motion of tho sea, went to rest; but his servants, according to tho superstition of tlio times, being disturbed with prodigies and unfavorable presages, or rather being Rpncilila nf t.linir mnntnr'fl flonivnr oftnp o -??6v., ? -v.. .. little repose awaked him from his sle6p, forced him into his litter, and hastened again to embark. Soon after thev were gone, Popilius Lamas, a tribune of the elgions, and Herennius, a centurion, with a party who had been for sonio days in search of this prey, arrived at villa. Popilius had received particular obligations from Cicero, having been defended by him when tried upon a criminal accusation ; but these were times, in which bad men could make a merit of ingratltudSTo their former benefactors, when it served to ingratiate them with thoso in power. This officer, with his party, finding the gates of the conrt and the passages of tlio villa shut, burst them open ; but missing the persou they sought for, and suspecting ho must have taken his flight again to the sen, they pursued through an avenue that led to tho shore, and oame in sight of Cicero's litter, before he had left the walks of his own garden. On the appearance of a military party, Cicero perceived the end of his labors, ordered the bearers of his litter to halt ; and having been hitherto, while there were any hopes of escape, distressed chiefly by tho perplexity and indecision of his own ini/id, he became, as soon as his fate appeared to bo certatn, determined and calm. In this situation, he was observed to stroke his chin with his left hand, a gesture for which he was remarkable in his moments of thouglitfujness, and when least disturbed. Upon tho approach of the party, he put his head from the litter, and fixed hi* eyes upon uie inoune wuu great composure. The countcirtwioo of a man so well known to every lloman, now worn out with fatigue and dejection, and disfigured by the neglect the usual attention to Lis person, made a moving spectacle even to thoso who came to asaist in his murder. They hurried away, while the assassin performed his office and severed the head from bts b?dy. Thus perished -B^arcus Tullius Cicero, in the sixty-fourth year of hiaage. ^ ' Fasting.?Fasting has been frequently recommended and practised, as a means of removinnr inniniflnt ilisonen nrwl nf roafni-'iiiff Q j 1 V-.W.iMg the body to its customary healthful sensations. Howard, the celebrated philanthropist, used to fast ono day in the week. Franklin, for a period, did the same. Napoleon, when he felt hiB system unstrung, suspended his wonted repast, and took exereiso on horseback. The list of distinguished names might, if necessary, be increased?but why adduce authority in favor of a practice which the instinct of the brnte creation leads them to adopt whenever they aro sick ? Happily for thdta, they have no meddling prompters in. the shape Of wellmeaning friends, to force?stomach already loathing its customary food, to digest this or that delicacy?soup, jelly, custard, ohoco late, and the like. It would be a singular fashion, and yet fully as rational as the one just mentioned, if on eyes weakened by long exercise in a common light, we were to direct a stream of blue^or violet, or red, or even green light, through a prism, in place of keeping them oarefuMy shaded and at rest. Wattled,?A Live Woman.?u Punch" thus expresses bis distress at the disappearance of woman from the face of the earth " There are no women now-a-days. Instead of wometi, we have towering edifices of silk, lace and flqwerK-* You goo a milliner's large advertising van that slides along ' with ? jrasUing . jQjind, and you are told I that if is acronym i but <u yon cannot ap! s&njt* J oottruction, yon cfiQDotioji woit it i8| ooyoocl something that looks lirfco an entire sh6p-front put into motion, wifB ail the goods in it:exposo4 for side. 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ALSO, A LIST OF All the Private Bankers in America. (7? A complete Summary of tlio Finance of 3arope and America will be published in each dition, together with all iho Important NEWS >F T11E DAY. Also, A Series of Tales, 'rom nn Old Mnimscript found in the East. It urniBhes the most complete History of ORIGI JAL LIFE, describing the most perplexing poitions in which the Ladies and Gentlemen of hat country have been so often found. These itorics continue throughout the whole year, and vill prove the most entertaining ever offered to he Public. (Cr Furnished Weekly to subscribers, only at 51 a year. All Mtcrs must be addressed to .TOTTTJ TT T?Vf ? - w ? ? i WJLWj UIU1VC1 ) Publisher and Proprietor, *70 Wall St., New fork. April 30, 1857 1 ly (mtowjiobij jU FOxi. Oxa-SXS!. 1,000 PAIR MEN'S BEST KIP BROGANS. 1,000 pair Men's 2d quality Brogana. L,000 pair Men's 3d quality Brogans. 1,000 pair Women's Pegged Bootees. 1,000 pair Women's Pegged (2d quality) Bootees. iOO pair Boy's best Kip Broguus. 500 pair Boy's 2d quality Brogans. 500 pair Youth's BrogniiB, various qualities. 500 pair Ladies' Guiters, from $1.25 to ?2.50. 500 pair Lndies' Slippers and Ties, fin 50c. to $1.50. 500 pair Misses' and Children's Shoes, 50c. to $1.25. LOO pair Gents' fine Calf Boots. 100 pair Gents' fine Cloth Gaiters. 400 pair Women's Goal Dootees. i.OOO pair Negro Drognns. 1,000 House Servant's Shoes. Together with nil other kinds of Shoes usually :o he found ill u Shoe Store. Cull and sue Just received and for sale by \V. S. WOOD, 185 Richardson Street, Columbia. March 24, 1857. 48 ly A Final Settlement. NOTICE is hereby given that a Final Settlement of the Estate of THOMAS RYKARI), will he hud in the Ordinary's Ollice on tiic 2irth of June next. Persons having demands, are requested to present them, properly uttested, on or before that day. Those indebted, are requested to settle immediately. L. II. RYKARD, Adm'r. March 18, 1857. 47 3m ; ' I Dissolution. TilE Firm of WIER <fe MILLER was this day dissolved by mutual consent, the limitation ot the Partnership having expired. The name of tlio Finn will be used in the closing up of the business, by either one of us. All persons indebted to us by Note or Account, will please come forward and pay up ns soon as convenient, as it is very desirable thut the busi ncss should be closed as early as pos-ible. JOHN A. WIER, G. McD. MILLER. August 23, 1856. 19 tf WANTED IMMEDIATELY! lOO Nogrooa ! FOR which the HIGHEST CASH PRICES will bo paid. All persons desiring to sell one or more would do well to address one of the subscribers? J. W. SURER, R. W. WHITE, Cokesbury, S. C. Greenwood, S. C. July 23, 1866. 14 tf JAMES O. CAT.TTOui^ Attorney at Law, AND SOLICITOR IN EQUITY, ABBEVILLE C. H., "yjyiLL attend promptly to nil buBiuess en * * u unieu tu n 19 uuruJanuary 28 1857 40 6m S. McGOWAN, Attorney at Xiaw, Office in Law Range, (N"ezt Doorsto Thomson <fc Fair,) ABBEVILLE C. H Jjm. 8. 18VI. 87 PERRIN & COTHRAN, Attorney* at Lfiw and Solicitors ia Equity. Office, the one formerly occupied BY McGOWAN <fc PERRIN, LAW 3ANGE. Jab. M. Pkrdin, Jab. S. Cotjirax. Jap. 7, 1867. 37 tf WM. K. BLAKE, * ' i Attorney at Law, A&D SOLICITOR JN EQUITY. * .. r% 1- - < ? "iii piautiuo in mo uiuris Oi ADDBTIlie, Liftllr$ns an'<tNewbci'ty. OFFICE AT NEWBERRY C. H. Oct. 14, 1856. 26 !V % Just necolved, SIX BOZEN hoop s All 8izes and all PricesCHAMBERS <fc MARSHALL. March 18, 1857. 47 tf ~7 CANDIP A T E.8. CSTThG friends of jt)SEPH T. MOORE respectfully announce'hiin a. Candidate for Sheriff at the enauing erection. SU" The friends of MATTHEW R COCHRAN respectfully announce .him a candidate for Sheriff of AbSeyillo District, at the next election. ' The friends of MATTHEW Mo^ONALD, announce him a Candidate for re-election for Clerk, at the ensuing election. MTTho frinnJanr T tT AT* WW w? v# ** niiKiiuii ?puvunc? him as a Candidate for Clerk of the Court at tha ensuing station. . O* The MmSMof NIMROD McCORD r? fbestfally announce h!(b as a Candidate for SherV ^ the onroinj Election. * T_ 'jL^. Z & _ . 'XSf The tromenws friends of Col. T. J, ROB* SmT& resfMotfally announce film# Candidate Cw Stmriff at the next election, r ^CT'The of COBB an. noanc?tiiiTi Oan4i?lRte f&rSbtrilfatthpeusu-1 ?Pg rtwMop, j I fEW DRUG STORE! AT OBESNWOOD. rllB umlersignejl, Druggist *#d Anotheeary, ha* just received u very complete atook of Drugs and XSedtoinM, * looted with the greatest care for 'ity* iparket. lis stock consists of every variety, usually to and II City Apothecary Shopt. Ctlruct* of all the vegetable preparations rorn the best Chemists. Tliacttircs prepared from the crude mateial, and wnrrauted to be of the strength Iain town in the United Stales PliarmactBpa. Patent ITIediciues, direct from t(o nnnufnetory, as cheap as they have ever been told in this place. A very supeiior articlc of Brandy, for nedieinal purpose* oily. Fine Old Porte, Maleira, and Sherry Wines, Scheidant Schnapps, be., <tc. lie will keep constantly a fine assortment of Confectioneries, Tobacco and Segars. T* 1 3 1 n woum oe unnecessary to enumerate all tlio * irticles. To Physician*, he pledges himself to [ill their orders with as good Medicines as cau bo obtained elsewhere ; and to hia friends, ho pledges like satisfaction as to the Goods an<l terms. Call at the Store formerly occupied as the Post Office. J AS. H. RILEY. Greenwood, S. C., Nov. 1, 1856. 99 t( ATTENTION, PLANTERS! Economy and Utility! THE undernamed having purchased the Right of Warlick's PLOW, Patented April 8d, 1855, will sell Plantation Rights, per. Plow $1.00 Stocks delivered at Greenwood Depot, or residence of \V. P. Hill 4.50 With small Scooter 5-00 With Turning Shovel, for from $C.O0 to 6.50 This Plow, from its "simple structure, durabilitv, lightness of draught, case of management, adaptation to the different Shares usea in the uultivation of the farm, and consequent cheapness, is commending itjelf to-general use's* ft a Superior Farming InnilenuHl wherever tried. HILL & ANDREWS. Greenwood, S. C., Oct. C, 1856. 25-ly Wo, the undersigned, having examined ami tried the Warlick Plow, concur in the ahovo commendations. .1A Si ICS CltESWKLL, joiinsox svr.p.. R. M. WHITE, * ' MAM'L McGoWAN", LA UK IN REYNOLDS. ROUT w. LITES, A. WIDE MAN. " G exts : I have usid the Plough you sent mo anil am much pleased with it. I think it the best Plough I have ever used. It combines economy and utility in a high degree. It breaks up the soil well and to a giiod depth, with one tbule. I nm so well pleased with it, that I want more of them. *?**?* " Very respectfully youra, "TIIOS. C. PERRIN.* LAND WARRANTS. An Unlimited Number Wanted. r|~MIE undersigned is still in the market for JL Land Warrants. Prices, however, at present are much depressed ; though he will pledge himself to pay as inuch as can be hud for them in any market. Remittances made at thoir high* est market value, by Sight Drafts on New York or Charlestou, for all War runts sent to ine by mail. Auuresa W. U. UAVIS, Abbeville C. H., S. C. Sept. S< 1356. 20 if A. II. 3VLXT iT iS, IOWA, WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA LAND OFFICK, am tmth n a n i? taiit i A A 1/ V U W ? V XI j J, V ?l A ^ PARTICULAR attention paid to the locating of Land Warrants for persons South, on the finest selected Timber und Prairie Lands. Warrants loaned to settlers on one year's time at 40 per cent. Interest, charging $1.25 per Acrc for Warrant. Taxes paid, Collections mad? aud remitted for in Sight Exchange. Money loaned at high rates of Interest. Investments made.? Uncurrent money bought, Ac. EX" Refers to Wm. C. Davis, Esq., Abbeville , C. II., S. C. Sept. 3, 165C. 20 If AMERICAN COTTON PT.AWTTO and mm ?? tats sghpk Prospectus for 1867. 1MIE Editor uud Proprietors of the AMERI. CAN COTTON PLANTER having purchased the SOIL OF THE SOUTH, talitf pleasure in announcing to the patron'b of bdtb Journals, and to the friends of Agricultural Improvement in the South and South West, that with the Jauunry uumber for 1867, wilt eomn^tfop^tho publication of tho AMERICAN COTTON PLAN TER AND SOIL OF TIIE SOUTH, uuited, in the city of Montgomery, Alabama. In thus apiling the publication of these two Agricultural Journals, we have aeeured the-abto ' services of Col. Cuarles A. PeabOdy, ?* Horticultural Editor, whose reputation, both as Editor and practicul Horticulturist, is too well and widely known to requiro additional commend* ; tion at our hands. ? . ^ . y.. With the efficient aid of Col. PkadodtJii* the Horticultural Department, Dr. N?B.jCgpifb,-ttit* 1 Agricultural Editor, confidently assures pa.' irons and friends of both pApeTs, tlyis united, that the American Cotton Ptauter.ttndlSoU of the South eimil be a ~t . " ' Mode Southern Rural Magazine, devoted to Improved Plantation Eeocomy.the *dvan(>iimi>nt nf RnuUiaan ?lift " 1--" *?" >WfH Manufactures an<l the "Domestic and Mechanic Arts. In eliort, it is the intention and-Trill be the studied desire of the Editors and Pnbliehers of this Jitu uul to make it|in its sofcnd Depart ments/lhc pl&Mntion and fireside c$m|>anTen.pf every family and industrial man in (heSoqtt). Tilt (Jetton Planter And tioil will be published.- -? montl\ly; in.maga7.ine" form, containing Thirty-. Two pages, Super llojal "Octavo, |tUcned^(kirn- " med, and n'gntly covqr'cd, with atui"dverli)iyig^ sheel'of sixteen pages. ? . ?? 'T-V. ? ; rp 'istspL Ttigc.jai . ^ ^ One cojiy ortb yeW,~?-ftdva?icp^*,'-..-..-w^l.OO 'iHix?opie?ine yeSr, % *? ? Twelve ; * v '?vTJM>0 < Subscriptions should eom)neace wiih tbe yob nine: St *. $& : ' "* Ap wo shMVkeep'ifo"<icoounl<r, the cfesh Vfi&t 5nv?ri&bly aedM^jfeny the order. ' JW orderjt for thtjfaper must ba*?4to?ed'tp UwiyJawoob A CiAJUtj^Mouigomery, yfflatatfnr).* ' All comrAunicntioiS .for the col?ipD#P*lb? ; Planter and Soil 3feoold be addre^d'.tO'Dr. N * B. Cloud, Montgomery, Alabama. * ^ Dec. 24, 1,866. fifo. THE STATE OF SOOT^CAROLIN A, . Abbeville Di?triH;~In thi .Common Pleaf* Amos Clark, jn* J ) .Attachment,1*''; vt. * . > MoGownn St JtVrrio, James A. LiddelL > Plj^g A WHEREAS, the Plainti^did^ontb#.?t first day of Ootober, 1866; fUo hp.'declara-* lion againat tlioDefendant.who fafttt iswUfiA. absent from and without tile 11 mi to ft thlsfJUto, and ha*, neither wife nor attorney known witfriq the aanio, upon whom# ctopy orthe said detla* ration might be served. It w th^refbrjJ.oide^ed, that the said Defeudant do appear and plead to the said declaration, ob ot b?foro the frrtf day of 'November, which Will be in the year oTdur kcifd Eighteen Hundred ?r.d Fifty-Soy en, oUiarwWfinaland abeolute Judgmont will UiealfegWl jftjjd awarded agaliiet him. MATTHEW MotJO -Cicrh'a Offioe, Opt. 80,1856. ^ Tho State, of Sonth CftroHHut. Abbeville District.?In the Comtnon^^gft, James T. Baakin, ) Att?hci? va. ^ Baakta, PI'S** Attorney. vumvo jt?, jutuuQIl' J i ' "R * ^y4?ERgA8 thftPlaintiff diO^on^thejigh atioriie^ ^known'.wUhin the nnt, It ^therefore ordBred^^^t , or before llio uinfttMoth ^*7^1 hundred and flftyyeTwa, ? solute jqdgOMOt will then be giv?MMWMrrffcq against him. MATTHEW McDONALD.^o. r. CJcrV# Officc, OcL?J8,1^56 97 ly